(April 6, 2016 at 7:16 pm)AJW333 Wrote:(April 5, 2016 at 2:18 am)The_Empress Wrote: A lack of nuance, false dichotomies, and Dunning-Kruger...I think that modern atheists have attempted to morph the meaning of atheism into something new. In the strictest sense, "atheism" means "without God."
You're either a Poe or really, really clueless.
Hint: "atheism" isn't necessarily an assertion that there is (are) no god(s).
Another hint: if abiogenesis is incorrect, your god of choice isn't the answer by default.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos, from a- 'without' + theos 'god'. Oxford Dictionary.
Meanings morph, dude. Atheism, right now, means a lack of belief or disbelief in deities. "Without god" is fine by me, anyway, because due to my lack of belief, I am without one.
What does that have to do with my point, anyway? If you missed it: "if abiogenesis is incorrect, your god of choice isn't the answer by default."
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.